PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ze Marto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marto comes to the cage accompanied by meant to life . This should be fireworks!

Marto
vs
Gracie

178 cm
22
176 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

174 cm
22
169 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ze Marto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ricardo Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Marto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gracie blocking some punches.
Marto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Ricardo Gracie has been cut.
Marto scores a nice knee to the body.
Gracie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Marto pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Marto prevents the takedown attempt.
Gracie is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Marto gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ze Marto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Gracie.

Marto manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Marto controls Gracie momentarily but Gracie frees himself.

Marto has his foot on Gracie's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Gracie works his way back into a safe position though.
Marto is adopting a defensive guard.

Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Marto is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Marto manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Marto's guard.

Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marto keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Marto keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.

Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gracie looks gassed!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Marto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Marto swings for the body but Gracie moves out of range.
Marto fails to land with a series of punches.
Marto lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Marto darts in and clinches Gracie up against the cage.
Gracie drops down looking for an ankle pick but Marto pulls his leg out and moves away.
Marto misses with an uppercut. Gracie saw that one coming.

Gracie scores a takedown into full mount!
Marto is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Marto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gracie on the ground.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Marto to control.

Gracie swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Gracie!